General Question

What happens if I want to reject accepted offer from a university?

I accepted an offer from a university but got accepted into another university that I prefer going to. I want to reject the accepted offer they gave me prior the offer I received later on. What should I do?? Will there be any negative consequences??

10 Answers

No, there won’t be any consequences. Most schools require a letter of intent (to enroll, and actually go there) by a certain date, and you just don’t give a letter of intent to the school you don’t want to go to.

@MyNewtBoobs Yeah, most schools require you to put up a deposit first. If you withdraw before school starts, the school would simply keep the deposit. Otherwise, the deposit would be credited to your first semester’s tuition.

@weeveeship When you applied? I mean, I had to pay an application fee, but I didn’t have to pay a deposit till I responded with my letter of intent. Cuz pretty much everyone applies to multiple schools, it’s the whole “cast a wide net” thing.

@MyNewtBoobs No, I meant you need to send a deposit with your letter of intent. I think the OP might have already sent in the letter of intent as the OP mentioned “accepting an acceptance from an university.”

I just wanted OP to know that any deposit OP sent in would likely be forfeited. However, that is the extent of what the university can do should OP decide to go to another school.

I’ve had to decline offers on a few occasions. Just write a letter or email explaining that you’ve decided to accept another offer, thanks for the consideration, yada yada yada.

If you’ve already accepted the offer from the university you don’t want to go to anymore, then things become a little more complicated, and I’d suggest that if this is the case, contact the admissions department and find out exactly what you need to do.

There won’t be any negative consequences. In fact, some universities will defer your acceptance for a calendar year, so that if you decide to go there after all, you won’t have to reapply if it’s within the year.